RWE npower became the first of the big six power suppliers publicly to warn that the government’s renewable energy policies will cost consumers more, saying energy bills would rise by more than 19 per cent by the end of the decade. ›

Shale gas production in the UK could boost tax revenues and improve the nation’s trade balance, but is unlikely to reduce gas prices, and is no short-term fix for national energy needs, according to Howard Rogers of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ›

UK gas system operator the National Grid is consulting the market as to whether the exceptionally tight supply-demand balance that emerged at the end of last winter — sending prompt NBP prices soaring — could be repeated next year. ›